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Saturday, June 20, 2015

Good News or Bad for Illinois Businesses?

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SPRINGFIELD - Maybe Illinois' job stats aren't as bad as the state's economic doom-and-gloomers are insisting?

So implied a piece in Crain's Chicago Business Friday that Democrat State Rep. Ann Williams (D-Chicago) was eager to point out on Twitter:

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But the fact that Illinois was second in new businesses in 2014's last quarter means little compared to the negative stats on job creation and wage growth from the same Labor Statistics report, Illinois Policy Institute was quick to point out:

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And 

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Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 11:56 AM |

Tags: Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois Review, job creation, new businesses

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